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Bin Kan publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bin Kan sits on this spectrum.

38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38 publications 804+

This scientist: 127 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Bin Kan D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bin Kan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Bin Kan is a researcher affiliated with Nankai University in China, specializing in fields related to Engineering and Materials Science. Their work predominantly focuses on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Materials Chemistry. The research extends into scientific subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The primary research topics covered in their publications include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research.

Bin Kan's recent published papers feature the following:

  • "Low-Bandgap Porphyrins for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells: Materials, Morphology, and Applications" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Central Unit Fluorination of Non-Fullerene Acceptors Enables Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Over 18% Efficiency" (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Recent progress on all-small molecule organic solar cells using small-molecule nonfullerene acceptors" (2020, InfoMat)
  • "A rare case of brominated small molecule acceptors for high-efficiency organic solar cells" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "3D acceptors with multiple A-D-A architectures for highly efficient organic solar cells" (2023, Energy & Environmental Science)

Frequent co-authors in Bin Kan's collaborative research include Yongsheng Chen, Xiangjian Wan, Zhaoyang Yao, Guankui Long, and Wanying Feng.

Bin Kan's work has been published in several notable scientific venues, with frequent contributions appearing in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, and Science China Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • A series of simple oligomer-like small molecules based on oligothiophenes for solution-processed solar cells with high efficiency.

    Bin Kan;Miaomiao Li;Qian Zhang;Feng Liu

  • Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%

    Qian Zhang;Bin Kan;Feng Liu;Guankui Long

  • Solution-processed and high-performance organic solar cells using small molecules with a benzodithiophene unit.

    Jiaoyan Zhou;Yi Zuo;Xiangjian Wan;Guankui Long

  • Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Dialkylthiol-Substituted Benzodithiophene Unit with Efficiency near 10%

    Bin Kan;Qian Zhang;Miaomiao Li;Xiangjian Wan

  • Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%

    Miaomiao Li;Ke Gao;Xiangjian Wan;Qian Zhang

  • Small-Molecule Acceptor Based on the Heptacyclic Benzodi(cyclopentadithiophene) Unit for Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

    Bin Kan;Huanran Feng;Xiangjian Wan;Feng Liu

  • Two-Dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite with Nanorod-like Morphology for Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 15%

    Hongtao Lai;Bin Kan;Tingting Liu;Nan Zheng

  • A New Nonfullerene Electron Acceptor with a Ladder Type Backbone for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

    Nailiang Qiu;Huijing Zhang;Xiangjian Wan;Chenxi Li

  • Over 12% Efficiency Nonfullerene All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with Sequentially Evolved Multilength Scale Morphologies

    Ke Gao;Sae Byeok Jo;Xueliang Shi;Li Nian

  • Nonfullerene Tandem Organic Solar Cells with High Performance of 14.11.

    Yamin Zhang;Bin Kan;Yanna Sun;Yanbo Wang

  • Fine-Tuning the Energy Levels of a Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptor to Achieve a High Short-Circuit Current and a Power Conversion Efficiency over 12% in Organic Solar Cells.

    Bin Kan;Jiangbin Zhang;Jiangbin Zhang;Feng Liu;Xiangjian Wan

  • A chlorinated low-bandgap small-molecule acceptor for organic solar cells with 14.1% efficiency and low energy loss

    Bin Kan;Huanran Feng;Huifeng Yao;Meijia Chang

  • Central Unit Fluorination of Non-Fullerene Acceptor Enables Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Over 18% Efficiency.

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  • An A-D-A Type Small-Molecule Electron Acceptor with End-Extended Conjugation for High Performance Organic Solar Cells

    Huanran Feng;Nailiang Qiu;Xian Wang;Yunchuang Wang

  • Low-Bandgap Porphyrins for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells: Materials, Morphology, and Applications

    Ke Gao;Ke Gao;Yuanyuan Kan;Xuebin Chen;Feng Liu

  • Subtle Balance Between Length Scale of Phase Separation and Domain Purification in Small‐Molecule Bulk‐Heterojunction Blends under Solvent Vapor Treatment

    Miaomiao Li;Feng Liu;Xiangjian Wan;Wang Ni

  • A Halogenation Strategy for over 12% Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

    Yanbo Wang;Yamin Zhang;Nailiang Qiu;Huanran Feng

  • A rare case of brominated small molecule acceptors for high-efficiency organic solar cells

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  • Recent progress on all-small molecule organic solar cells using small-molecule nonfullerene acceptors

    Bin Kan;Yuanyuan Kan;Lijian Zuo;Xueliang Shi

  • Graphene quantum dots as the hole transport layer material for high-performance organic solar cells.

    Miaomiao Li;Wang Ni;Bin Kan;Xiangjian Wan

  • Evaluation of Electron Donor Materials for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells via a Novel Figure of Merit

    Jie Min;Jie Min;Yuriy N. Luponosov;Chaohua Cui;Bin Kan

  • Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDT)-based small molecules for solution processed organic solar cells

    Miaomiao Li;Wang Ni;Xiangjian Wan;Qian Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongsheng Chen
Yongsheng Chen Nankai University
Xiangjian Wan
Xiangjian Wan Nankai University
Feng Liu
Feng Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chenxi Li
Chenxi Li Nankai University
Thomas P. Russell
Thomas P. Russell University of Massachusetts Amherst
Guankui Long
Guankui Long Nankai University
Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Artem A. Bakulin
Artem A. Bakulin Imperial College London
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong

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